Giraudoux's influence on Terayama's works: A study of the radio play <i>Taireifuku</i>

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  • 寺山修司におけるジャン・ジロドゥからの影響
  • 寺山修司におけるジャン・ジロドゥからの影響 : ラジオドラマ『大礼服』論
  • ジサンシュウシ ニ オケル ジャン ・ ジロドゥ カラ ノ エイキョウ : ラジオドラマ 『 タイレイフク 』 ロン
  • ―ラジオドラマ『大礼服』論―

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<p>Shuji Terayama's radio play, titled Taireifuku (Uniform and Court Dress), is obviously inspired by Giraudoux's dramatic play called Intermezzo. Both these plays are stories about love triangles—the heroine, the heroine's fiancé, and a mysterious figure. However, one can see some differences in the characteristics of the heroines. Giraudoux's heroine is energetic and independent while Teramaya's is vulnerable and dependent. Nevertheless, those who know Giraudoux's plays cannot ignore the similarities between these two texts. In Terayama's play, the man in the costume is loved by the girl, and this is an obvious variation of the ghost that Isabelle, the heroine of Giraudoux's play, loves. Terayama successfully emphasizes the similarities between the two mysterious figures by effectively maximizing the uniqueness of the media of radio, which appeals to the imagination of the listeners. By analyzing Terayama's thoughts on the media of radio, one thing becomes quite clear—both Giraudoux and Terayama had a keen interest in “combining two separate themes into one.” Terayama worked on interlacing sex and hell. These facts make us believe that Terayama consciously read Giraudoux's works, perhaps for quite a long time.</p>

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